Why The Novus Ordo Must Go
After the tragedy in Tuscany, you could have bet your pint that some alternative priest would have profited to put himself at the centre of the attention and at the same time show how little respect he has for the Mass.
The feat has been perfectly achieved in the Isola del Giglio (along whose coast the Costa Concordia ran aground). In order to make of the thing an exercise which would put the attention away from Christ to direct it on the usual “gandhism” of these occasions and, of course, on himself, the celebrant of Giglio’s main church thought it fitting to put on the altar the following offerings: a life vest, a rope, a rescue helmet, a plastic tarp and some bread.
This is not even Mass as a sacred ceremony. This is a macabre vaudeville without paying the ticket.
But if we reflect attentively, isn’t this what is…
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Posted on March 11, 2014, in Traditional Catholicism. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
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If the Novus Ordo is suppressed, then all this craziness will infest the Tridentine Mass. I cannot help but think that the problem of weird NO’s is primarily in the personality and poor psychological
development of the clergy involved because some devout Novus Ordo Masses were/are routinely offered. I also doubt that the TLM would have escaped revisions by Popes since 1962 if the NO had been discontinued.
With regard to the presence of dogs at Mass and other public places such as restaurants, some places in the USA now require that people who have documentation that he dog is a “helping dog” for some physical or psychological need, must be permitted to allow the dog to remain with the person. I also noticed that in a Church within a few blocks from St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome that many dogs were present at the Christmas Midnight Mass. I was surprised to see this but I assume these dogs were providing safety at night for their owners. None of the dogs in this case were with the celebrant, nor were they wearing vestments.
I’d say even if it was suppressed, it would have to be a gradual process of training the priests to a devout celebration and the faithful to a devout attendance. The second would, I think, come rather natural. The first would, I think, require five years at the very least, very probably more.
As to the dogs, I do not see them at mass. I would expect a dog only to be be at mass if he is perfectly house-trained, in which case he will be better behaved than many humans, and have the added advantage of not offering you his paw at the sign of peace… but then again a seriously well house-trained dog will be able to stay outside?
M